Widows & Orphans

Widows and Orphans (W/O) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity with worldwide operations in 17 countries including Afghanistan. What is unique about this charity is that no one receives any compensation nor benefits. We are a total volunteer operation, headed by Purple Heart, combat decorated Vietnam veteran, Dr. William T. Devlin.

All gift donations go directly to humanitarian projects including the rescue of Afghanis who are being hunted down by the Taliban. W/O’s goal is to extract these Afghan families out of harms way and get them to a safe location. Please join us in this effort financially as it obviously takes money to extricate, feed and house these families.

All donations are tax deductible under the IRS Code. and our IRS 990 is available for all to see-transparency is our mission.

The organization and its personnel are not new to Afghanistan as some members have experience dating back to the Soviet War era of the 1980s. We focus on some of the hardest cases, primarily women's rights activists, women journalists, and human rights defenders. Donors have a ONE-ON-ONE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with the Afghan families they sponsor. You may sponsor a family during the initial evacuation -- we have many more to yet save -- or sponsor a family's ongoing support needs and resettlement needs for those we have already brought to safety. A family of five typically costs approximately $2,250 to save through our program. Support costs range from $1,200 to $2,500 per month, depending on location (such as in Pakistan, Albania, Turkey, or elsewhere).

For further information, donations@widowsAndOrphans.info